Bay Area Hiking Series: Stanford Dish Trail

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Collage of Pictures shot during the hike with animation.

Collage of pictures of the Stanford Dish Trail, with Trail Map.

I will introduce San Francisco Bay area Hiking Trails, through these series of posts. This is fourth post of this series.

All pictures in this post are shot with Pixel 3.

Stanford Dish Trail is part of Stanford University Campus. Trail is a 3.7 Mile loop, it is pretty open area with not much trees to provide any shade on the trail. Place can get hot during summer, it is better to hike in the early mornings or before sunset to avoid heat.

Trail has lot of up and downs, specially at the Stanford Avenue entrance it is a steep climb. However during Covid trail has been made as one way, you can only hike in one direction to maintain social distancing.

In fact California is fully opening today(6/15/2021), we need to see when these restrictions will be lifted.

Regarding the dish, it is a radio telescope, it is still in use by Stanford University. This area is also used for other studies by University.

Once you gain some elevation on the trail, you can enjoy the view of silicon valley, including Bay bridge, San Francisco downtown skyline on a clear day.

Trail it self is open to public, opens early morning and closes around sunset. Here is the map of the area and trail.

Map of the Trail, highlighted in yellow

Here are few pictures from the hike!

Entrance near Stanford Avenue and Junipero Serra Blvd

Beginning of the trail is a climb

Signs indicating Trail is one way.

Jogger on the Trail

There are several steep climb and down hills on the Trail, makes the hike interesting

View of Dish from a distance

Not a bad idea to hike with an umbrella

You will find several trees, however they are away from the trail.

Shot of the dish

Shot of the dish with the trail

There is also another smaller dish in the area.

There were interesting clouds the day on which I hiked

Fellow hikers and interesting cloud pattern in the sky

View of famous Stanford tower from the trail.

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@NikolaiBatalov Thank You! I am glad you liked it.

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** @jayasimha78 That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing your adventures and pictures.**

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@jayasimha78 beautiful landscapes, they reminded me a Clint Eastwood movie,

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@karinchavoll Thank You!

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Such a great place to have a nice morning walk @jayasimha78 I loved the view in the last photo.

Thanks for sharing.

Greetings.

Silvy.

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@SilvyC Thank You! Yes, that is famous Stanford University Tower.

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Awesome Landscape!

Would love to check that area out for a day hike sometimes, I’d wait for this heatwave to cool down a bit. :heart:

Thanks for sharing